Archives for February 2014

Just last year, I went on my first vacation on a cruise ship. It was amazing! We left Miami and visited multiple destinations in the Caribbean during our 5 day trip. There were a few concerns before the trip. Would we get sick? Would the ship leave us if we were late? Would anyone notice if we fell off the ship? Thankfully, the trip was without incident or accident. As a matter of fact, when we first got on the ship, we didn’t notice until about an hour later that this huge floating city was actually moving! We looked out the window and saw the land grow smaller and smaller. That ship was moving so fast but it was so hard to tell being on the ship.

Life is like this as well. When you get to middle and high school, time may to drag on and you wish that you could just be done with school today. Be patient because it takes time to prepare for success. The good news is that you are moving forward to graduation. Whether you are ready for it or not, the day will come when you have to depend on yourself. So what you do today is extremely important, because the quality of your life in the future is based on the decisions that you make right now. You are moving. You can determine if you are moving forward or back. Think about it.

I’ll never forget the Christmas of 1987 when I got a Nintendo. It was awesome! I think I stayed up all night playing Super Mario Bros. Video Gaming Systems have come a long way since then. The graphics today are amazing and it’s now possible to interact with the game itself. One thing that has definitely changed for the better is the fact that we can save our progress and pick up where we left off. I would stay up playing the Nintendo many nights because if I didn’t finish the game and beat the last boss, then I would have to start all over again from the very beginning. I didn’t mind this so much because I was having a lot of fun doing it.

There is a life lesson here. Unlike me and the Nintendo, you don’t have countless hours when it comes to your pursuit of success. Thankfully, your teachers and other responsible adults are there to help you and give you the proper feedback so you don’t have to start all over again from the beginning. If you fail a test, your teacher will serve as your “Save” function. Based on the results of the test, your teacher can tell you what you need to do in order to show improvement on the retake. You get to try again with new information. It would be wise and to your benefit to use the information.